Posts by loewymartin

Thanks for your rundown of your past few days christyc! What you described sounds a lot like our current school, so I had a sigh of relief when I read your post I'm still not sure where we will land on where we buy a house, but at...

Thanks folks! The problem we're having is that the Chapel Hill housing prices have not come down with the economic recession that the rest of the US seems to be hit with! Whereas with Chatham County the builders are selling houses at...

Thanks for your response! I was looking at Woods Charter School, but having so few slots available for students I didn't want to move blindly into Chatham County thinking I could get my girls into there. We finally found some SAT...

So, we're looking into moving from upstate NY (outside of Albany) to the Chapel Hill/Carrboro area. There are a lot of wonderful houses for sale at great prices because the market is so depressed. However, even though some of those...

Very cool - thank you for the list!

My folks are building their retirement home on Cross Lake, near Baldwinsville, NY. My husband is helping my dad with the wiring this Saturday and I will have the girls (ages 3 and 6) while the guys spend the day wiring. Is there a...

I haven't CD'd a newborn either - that said here is my routine: -pocket diapers with a microfiber insert and a piece of fleece on top of the diaper to "catch poop" -baby poops, I take the fleece, dump what I can into the...

I've done some searching here and found that many folks like Bio-kleen and some like vinegar and baking soda and others have lists of different things for different areas. Here's my deal - we currently use horrible chemical-ridden...

I just bought 2 more. After saying that I really don't need as many as I currently have : I do have a few I don't reach for very often, so I think I will sell those off to defray the cost of the new ones. I also bought a few...

We pay $14.25/hour for a 40 hour work week, plus half of her (and her DH) health care. She gets 10 days of paid vacation as well as 8 paid holidays. She watches our 2 girls, cleans and cooks dinner 3 times a week. We have told her she...